Once the house was empty, Xu Yixing finally settled down to take a good look at her child. Although she'd known the baby was coming long before her, she'd been worried all along the way, fearing that Lu Anyuan's words, "Nothing is 100% certain," would come true. Now that the baby was born, she could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
This little kid is only as long as his arm, with his eyes tightly closed. Although he was born prematurely, he doesn't seem to have any deficiencies at all. He looks like a healthy and strong child. His nose is so cute when he breathes in and out, and it looks so much like his father's!
Xu Yixing lay down flat, leaving only one hand on the crib to stroke the child's face. "What's the name?" He had always been afraid that the child wouldn't survive, so he had never dared to give him a name. Now that he was born, he should think carefully about the name.
I wonder if Lu Anyuan would jump up in excitement if he knew that he had a child out of nowhere. He probably wouldn't do that now. After all, he's the emperor now, so he'd be more cautious.
Thinking about these random things, Xu Yixing gradually fell asleep with a smile on her face. However, she didn't sleep for long. Jun He woke her up several times throughout the night to feed the baby. The little bit of motherly love that had just emerged in her heart gradually disappeared with each wake-up call.
If I had known that raising a child would be so difficult, I shouldn't have run away! It would have been much better to leave the child to Lu Anyuan and those wet nurses for his whole life. There was no need to do it myself now.
After recuperating for a few days, Xu Yixing finally felt that she could get out of bed, so she excitedly took a hot bath first - she did not believe that the so-called confinement period required not to have water for a month. If that was true, wouldn't the concubines all stink after giving birth? How could they dare to let the emperor meet them?
After she changed into clean clothes and had Ying Wu reshape her face, she felt a little safer. Ying Wu's disguise technique was very clever. For example, this time, he simply used glue to slightly change Xu Yixing's eyebrows, shaving off some of the eyebrows and gluing the skin at the end of the eyebrows to the lower eyelids. At first glance, she looked like a woman whose face was twisted by the wind.
There were also small amounts of human skin glue stuck to the corners of her mouth and chin, which immediately made her look much more ordinary. When Jun He asked about it, she just said that she had a facial injury from childbirth and now her face was stiff and couldn't move. Anyway, she was a child and didn't understand, so she just fooled around and let it go.
In order to check if there was anything wrong with her current face, she even went to Gao Yao's house and asked her to teach her how to change her walking gait. Only after she was satisfied did she wrap herself up like a dumpling again and leave.
My body is not yet suitable for long-distance travel, so the plan I agreed with Yingwu this time is to follow the caravan. Miaozhou, as a commercial province, originally attracted many caravans, but now that the war has started and the market has been closed, these caravans have returned empty-handed and have all returned to their home bases.
Ying Wu used some unknown method to make a tea shop caravan from Jiangnan think that he was the owner's friend, so he took the tea shop with him and they agreed to set off three days later.
Xu Yixing was wrapped in a cloak made of large animal skins, and was practicing the steps Gao Yao taught her as she walked. It was amazing that she only changed her feet to turn inward and hunched her body slightly, and her aura was completely different. She was extremely satisfied.
When she passed by the teahouse where she had met Gao Yao before, she stood at the door for a while on purpose. When she saw the waiter impatiently sending her away, she felt even happier. She was really good at pretending!
Little did he know that just as he was standing there, he was being stared at by someone in a private room upstairs.
Lu Anyuan's imperial carriage and ceremonial guards were still on their way to Miaozhou, but he himself had arrived ahead with a few people. For no other reason than the strangeness of the Hu people's attack. Miaozhou was a major military town, and the fact that the Hu people attacked without preparation and ended the attack so abruptly made one wonder if they had other intentions.
At this moment, he was sitting in an unknown teahouse in Miaozhou City. Miaozhou's highest general, Ren Shaozhou, was standing beside him. He had just reported the details of the last Hu people's sneak attack and was waiting for the emperor to lecture him with his hands down. But there was no movement for a long time, so he raised his eyes slightly and glanced at the emperor. The emperor was looking downstairs through the window.
It was just because he was standing far away and the window was not open very wide, so he couldn't see what the emperor was looking at at the moment.
"Well, my dear Ren, I have been informed. Please go back first and don't leave my whereabouts unnoticed."
"Yes." Ren Shaozhou bowed and pushed the door open without saying a word. The emperor had his reasons for traveling incognito, and Miaozhou had always been well governed, so he was not afraid that the emperor would find any fault.
"Master, was there something wrong with the old woman downstairs just now?" Ada had been standing behind Lu Anyuan, and he also saw the figure that the master was staring at just now.
"Don't you think she looks a bit like you?"
Of course, the "she" the master is referring to is only that one.
"Are they similar?" Ah Da frowned. How could they be similar? "Then my subordinates will go after them."
"No need. We have bait in our hands. Are we still worried that she won't take the bait? Otherwise, we can seal off Miaozhou and search it thoroughly. How can she escape?"
Ah Da thought that made sense. Our master traveled day and night to Miaozhou ahead of time, wasn't it because he was following that person's trail? He really shouldn't be worried.
In the village west of the city, Gao Yao had just finished teaching Miss Xu Er and was thinking about what to do next. After all, judging from her tone, she was probably going to leave soon.
But I finally got the news about the Second Young Lady. If I let her go, what if Xueyan blames me for not reporting it? What if Master Xu ever returns? Finding her again is so difficult in such a vast world. But if I don't let her go, when the emperor arrives, something bad might happen.
Just as he was struggling with his thoughts, he heard the outer courtyard mother call out very happily, then immediately lowered her voice and called towards Gao Yao's room: "Yao'er! Come quickly, look who's here!"
Gao Yao hurried out of the door, looked up in the strong wind, and saw... Oh! Great! The real boss has finally arrived!
"Master Xu!" Gao Yao cheered softly and quickly pulled him into the west room. "You're back! How was it? Did your return to Beijing go smoothly?"
Xu Yiwen took off his fur hat and untied his animal hide scarf, revealing his true appearance. "Oh, forget it! The inspections were so strict along the way, I just managed to sneak through Yanzhou when I heard the emperor was going to lead the army himself, so I hurried back."
Xu Yiwen turned around and looked around the room. It was exactly the same as when he left. The Gao family was truly thoughtful. "Are you all okay? I heard the barbarians invaded the border a while ago. Are there any casualties?"
"Everything is fine, Mr. Xu, your sister has been found!" Gao Yao is really happy now. In just one month, Mr. Xu's beloved sister has been found, and the person Xueyan missed every day has also returned. Isn't this a double happiness?
"What?"
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